Life, 1883-08-16 · page 16 of 16
Life — August 16, 1883 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a satirical cartoon page. The only visual satire appears in a small cartoon showing two figures carrying a pole between them, with dialogue: "I will never buy any but HARTSHORNS ROLLERS" / "And I will never sell any but HARTSHORNS!" This is a **self-deprecating advertisement joke**: the two characters represent opposing positions (buyer and seller) who refuse to compromise—yet both insist on the same product (Hartshorns Rollers, a window shade). The humor lies in their stubbornness being pointless since they already agree, satirizing the absurdity of partisan loyalty to brands. The rest of the page features standard period advertisements for bicycles, pens, hats, cocoa, champagne, and wallpaper—typical of 1880s American commercial messaging. These ads reflect the consumer goods and luxuries marketed to middle and upper-class readers of Life magazine during this era.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
}}: NEAD A (Co CELEBRATED HATS. 178 & so Filth Avenue, | bet. aad & a3d Sts, f 79, Broadway, Cortlandt ‘ond {'% oar NEW YORK. Ano unper THe Patan House, CHICAGO. Correct Stytes, ExtRA Quatirty. LYONS FINE SILK UMBRELLAS, AND WALKING STICKS. = adees, Riding and Walking yes Columbia Bicycles & Tricycles THE POPULAR Rapid Transit Steeds For PLEASURE OR Business. lustrated lonve teat or soe sep, THE POPE M'F'G CO., 573 WASHINGTON St., +) 1 willnever buyany but And Twill never self any HARTSHORNS ROLLERS but HARTSHORNS! FSTERBROO SoENs PENS Leading Nos : 14, 048, 130, 333, 161. For Sale by all Stationers. ‘THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN CO., Works, Camden, N.J. 26 Joha St., New York, LIFE The Finest IN PREPARATION, 7 cecne Twelve First Prize Medals, C LO T H OF GOL D, By Wm. S. Kimball & Co. (STRAIGHT MESH,) tar WILL BE READY SHORTLY. bY ~ BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. THE ONLY GENUINE VICHY IS FROM THE SPRINGS OWNED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. wetattrs Prescribed for the Gout, Rheumatism, Diabetes, Gravel, Diseases of the Kidneys CELESTINS ey Se GRANDE GRILLE—Diseases of the Liver. HOPITAL—Diseases of the Stomach, Dyspepsia. GOLD MEDAL, BAKER'S 1878, Break ¢ Cac, Warranted absolutely pure Coeoa, from which the excess 0/ Oil has been removed. It has three times the strength of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, and is therefore far more conoml. cal. It is delicious, nourishing, strengthening, casily digested, and admirably adapted for invalids as ‘well as for persons in health. Bold by Grocers everywhere. Walter Baker &Co., Gloucester, Mass, WALL PAPER. Decorate and Beautify your Homes, Offices, &c. Quaint, RARE AND Curious Papers BY EmMI- NENT DECORATIVE ARTISTS. $13.00 PER CASE. A TRUE CHAMPAGNE RIPENED IN THE BotTLe. ABSOLUTELY PuRE, WHOLE- SOME, RELIABLE. |The “Great Western” Of the Pleasant Valley Wine Co., Rheims, Steuben Co., N. Y. Sold by all first-class dealers. H. B. KIRK_ & CO., SOLE AGENTS, Close Figures given on Large Contracts. If you intend to sell your house, paper it, as it will bring from to $3000 more after having | been Papered. Samples and Book on Decora- | tions mailed free. H. BARTHOLOMAE & CO., MAKERS AND IMPORTERS, | , 124 & 126 W. 33D St., (near Broadway,) N.Y. | 69 FULTON ST. & 1158 BROADWAY. GEORGE MATHER'’S SONS, PRINTING [NK, 60 Joun Street, New York. everyw! Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co.) Ne Ye This paper is printed with our cut ink, Press of Gilliss Brothers, 75 & 77 Fulton Street, N.¥. comicbooks.com